Too smug

Puerto Natales

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November 30th 2006
After Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales comes as a touristy town, but it is the nearest place to stay if you wnat the BIG national park, Torres del Paine. A three hour bus ride up to the park though, and then a catamaran ride across Lake Pehoe before you can even start. That gives an idea of the scale of this area. Saw lots of guanaco, surprisingly tame realtives of the llama and alpaca. Condors were ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Puerto Natales

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more